Hit · throw · field · catch · U.S. Pat. No. 6,514,163

They told you to stay inside the ball. Nobody told your arm.

The moment your lead arm bars out, your swing gets long, the barrel drags, and velocity beats you to the spot. You can't fix that with a verbal cue. You fix it with resistance your arm can feel.

Invented in pro ball by an Arizona Diamondbacks draft pick. U.S. patented. Cited by 23 later patents. Rebuilt for 2026.

Power Punch does not negotiate.

Strap it on. Take your cuts. Bar out and it fights you. Stay tight and it lets you fly.

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Kevan Burns in his stance wearing the original Power Punch on his lead arm
Kevan Burns, inventor, in the original Power Punch. Live the Dream Athletics archive.
The diagnosis

Kill the bar arm before velocity kills your swing.

Every hitter hears the same three cues: keep your hands inside, short to the ball, stop casting. At game speed none of them reach your arm. The lead arm straightens early, the swing gets long, and the power from your hips never gets to the barrel.

The Power Punch puts live tension between your lead bicep and your wrist:

  • Cast your hands out and the two elastic strands stretch and fight you.
  • Keep the elbow in the slot and they stay slack, so your hips and hands take the barrel through contact.

You don't have to think about it. The strap makes you feel it.

U.S. Patent 6,514,163 · cited by 23 later patents

110 upper arm cuff 100 elastic strands 140 wrist cuff 160 thumb strap FIG. 1
Redrawn from FIG. 1 of the original patent. Part numbers match the filing.
19 years in the making

On the shelf at Dick's Sporting Goods.

The original Power Punch earned its place at the biggest sporting goods retailer in the country, in Adult and Youth sizes. Nineteen years from a minor leaguer's idea to a national shelf.

See the Adult listing See the Youth listing
2001
Patent filed. Live the Dream Athletics founded.
2003
U.S. Patent 6,514,163 granted.
2000s
Instructional series filmed. National distribution.
Year 19
Dick's Sporting Goods.
2026
The founder's run.
The road

He wasn't selling a swing. He was living on one.

The Power Punch was not dreamed up in a marketing meeting. It was built by a left-handed outfielder riding buses through the minor leagues, fixing his own lead arm because his career depended on it. The year he filed the patent, he hit .361.

  1. The start

    Beloit, Wisconsin

    Beloit Memorial High School. Summers with the Janesville Aces.

  2. 1996–98

    Indian Hills Community College

    Two years of junior college ball in Iowa.

  3. 1998–99

    Troy State

    Division I outfielder. Good enough to get the call.

  4. 1999

    Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks

    26th round. Missoula and South Bend. Hit .330 in his first pro summer.

  5. 2000

    South Bend Silver Hawks

    114 games, 29 stolen bases, his first full pro season.

  6. 2001

    Lancaster JetHawks: .361 / .414 / .627

    The best season of his career. Same year: patent filed, Live the Dream Athletics founded.

  7. 2002

    Double-A El Paso

    Hit .326 in the Texas League.

  8. 2003

    St. Louis Cardinals organization

    Finished the year with the Double-A Tennessee Smokies. U.S. Patent 6,514,163 granted while he was still in uniform.

  9. 2004–05

    Nashua and Winnipeg

    Independent ball. Hit .317 in his last season. Career line: .306 over 528 professional games.

  10. 2015–19

    Octagon, Baseball Division

    MLB agent representing players from Latin America and the United States. Director of Baseball at Montverde Academy.

  11. Year 19

    Dick's Sporting Goods

    Nineteen years from a minor leaguer's idea to the biggest shelf in the country. Then 2020 shut the game down.

  12. 2026

    The founder's run

    Rebuilt. Numbered. On-chain. His name on it this time.

Playing record: Baseball-Reference. Patent: US 6,514,163 B2.

Four steps, about ten seconds

How it works

  1. Arm through

    Slide your lead arm through the tubing with the large cuff hanging above the elbow.

  2. Cuff the tricep

    Strap the large cuff above the tricep, on bare skin, with the tubing behind the arm.

  3. Thumb and wrist

    Thumb through the loop, then tighten the small cuff around your wrist.

  4. Set the tension

    Shorten the tubing until it holds your wrist close. Now swing. Extend early and you feel it.

One strap · four jobs

Not just a hitting aid.

The arm that bars out at the plate is the same arm that gets long on a throw and lazy on a ground ball. Move the strap and it coaches all of it.

Hitting

Worn on the lead arm. Keeps the hands inside the ball, kills bar arm and builds the tricep that whips the barrel through.

Power Punch Hitting 19:20 · Power Punch Athletics
Power Punch Hitting 28:00 · Power Punch Athletics

Throwing & pitching

Worn on the throwing arm. Holds the elbow at 90 degrees through the delivery so the arm stays short, on time and out of trouble.

Power Punch - Throwing & Pitching7:19 · Power Punch Athletics

Infield

Worn on the glove arm. Stops the reach-and-stab, keeps the glove out front and keeps you low through the ball.

Power Punch - Fielding2:22 · Power Punch Athletics

Catching

Trains the arm to stay close to the body for a compact receive and a quick, short transfer on the throw down.

No catching video was filmed in the original series. It is first on the 2026 shoot list.

The inventor

Built by a pro hitter, not a marketing department.

Kevan Burns was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks out of Troy University in 1999. Over seven pro seasons in the Diamondbacks and St. Louis Cardinals systems and independent ball he hit .306, including .361 at High-A Lancaster in 2001.

He invented the Power Punch in the minors, by his own account "while broke and eating PB&J," filed the patent in 2001 and had it granted in 2003.

He founded Live the Dream Athletics in 2001, spent four years in the baseball division at Octagon as an MLB agent representing players from Latin America and the United States, and served as Director of Baseball at Montverde Academy.

It took 19 years to get the Power Punch onto the shelf at Dick's Sporting Goods. Then 2020 shut the game down. In 2026 he is bringing it back, rebuilt, under his own name.

Drafted
1999, Arizona Diamondbacks, from Troy
Pro career
.306 AVG, 528 games, 1999 to 2005
Best season
.361 / .414 / .627, Lancaster 2001
Patent
US 6,514,163 B2
Title
Batting aid
Filed
July 2, 2001
Granted
February 4, 2003
Inventor
Kevan C. Burns
Record
Baseball-Reference · Google Patents
The archive

Where it started.

The original instructional series, shot by the inventor and shipped on DVD with every strap. This is the record of what the Power Punch has always been. New 2026 drills are being filmed now and will sit alongside it.

Power Punch - Intro and how to put on6:57 · original series
Power Punch Hitting 19:20 · original series
Power Punch Hitting 28:00 · original series
Power Punch - Throwing & Pitching7:19 · original series
Power Punch - Fielding2:22 · original series
Jim Murphy power punch endorsement0:41 · original series
Pure 3s and Power Punch4:51 · basketball and baseball

On the shelf since the 2000s

The original Power Punch has been carried by national retailers for years. These are the legacy listings.

The founder's run · real-world asset, on-chain

500 straps. 500 records that last.

Every Power Punch in the founder's run is a numbered physical unit with its own token on the Base blockchain. The strap is the asset. The token is its title: proof it is genuine, which number it is, who claimed it, and the work that was put in with it.

#0001Inventor's unitReserved
#0021Founder's runOpen
#0212Founder's runClaimed
#0333Founder's runOpen
#0500Last of the runOpen

Example numbers. Yours is assigned at pre-order, in the order payments land.

What holders get

  • Your number, for good. It is stitched on the strap and written on-chain. There will never be another founder's #0212.
  • Your name on the Founder's Wall. Every founder's-run holder is listed on this site, if they want to be.
  • First call on everything next. Pure 3s, the sensor version and every later drop open to holders before the public.
  • Holder-only sessions. Live hitting breakdowns and Q&A with the inventor.
  • A verified training record. Log your sessions and share proof of the work with a coach or recruiter.

Holder benefits are product perks and access. The token is not an investment, carries no share of revenue and is not sold apart from the strap.

Live the Dream Athletics
Live the Dream Athletics · since 2001

The strap is the first rung.

Live the Dream Athletics has been building players since 2001. Power Punch is how an athlete starts a record with us. Everything after it is built on proof, not promises.

The players and the work

Before there was a website there was a tire, a sledge and an empty building. These are Live the Dream players putting in the work, from cages in Florida to ballparks in Latin America.

A young hitter holding a sledgehammer beside a tractor tire in an empty building
Old school. Tire, sledge, no excuses.
Four players standing on the warning track of a stadium
Live the Dream players on the field.
A coach in a batting cage wearing the Power Punch with orange tubing
Power Punch in the cage.
Kevan Burns talking with a coach beside a big-league spring training dugout
Spring training.
Kevan Burns with two of his players
With two of the guys.
Tire work0:39
Tire work0:31
Tire work0:20
Tire work0:11
Front toss0:30
Cage work0:23
Power Punch cage demo0:50
Power Punch cage demo0:40
Resisted sprints0:08
Hill sprints0:05

  1. Train

    A numbered Power Punch or Pure 3s. A real tool that fixes a real flaw.

  2. Prove

    Every session logged to the unit's on-chain record. The work cannot be faked or backdated.

  3. Profile

    A verified athlete page: measurables, video and training history a coach or scout can trust.

  4. NIL, in the open

    When an athlete is eligible, endorsement deals run through NIL33: flat fees, signed agreements, every deal on a public ledger. For anyone under 18, a parent signs first.

NIL33 · the transparent endorsement network

Rep the strap. Get paid in the open.

Power Punch endorsements run on NIL33, built by the same former MLB agent who invented the strap. No hidden cuts and no tokens to buy. A player or coach who stands behind the product gets a signed agreement, a flat fee, and a public record of the deal.

See how NIL33 works
Champions
Paid endorsers. Flat fee, signed, disclosed.
Ambassadors
Coaches and programs who vouch for it, unpaid.
Badge
A verified, non-transferable credential on Base.
Under 18
Nothing happens without a parent's signature.
Next up · basketball

Pure 3s: take the thumb out of the shot.

The same idea for shooters. A guide hand that pushes the ball with the thumb sends it sideways, and no amount of telling fixes it. Pure 3s holds the guide hand where it belongs until a clean, one-hand release is automatic. It launches after the Power Punch founder's run ships.

Coaches and academies

Team packs

Packs of 12 at $699 in mixed youth and adult sizes, a drill library for cage and infield work, and a roster view so you can see who is putting in the reps. Tell us about your program and we will hold units from the founder's run.

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Founder's run · 500 numbered units

Pre-order

Founder's edition
$69 pre-order · $79 after

One numbered strap, Youth or Adult. Your number on the cuff and on-chain, for good.

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Team pack
$699 12 straps

A full lineup for cage rotations, mixed Youth and Adult sizes, for academies, travel teams and high school programs.

Reserve a team pack
Included with every strap
Unit record

Tap to claim. Authenticated serial number, run number, and a training log that can't be edited after the fact.

See an example

You pay when you order. The ship date is posted at checkout. If we miss it, or if the run does not reach 500 orders, you get a full refund.

What sizes are there?

Youth and Adult. The cuffs adjust, and the tubing can be swapped for more or less resistance.

Is the unit record an investment?

No. It is a receipt and a proof of authenticity for the strap you bought. It has no financial value and is not sold separately.

Does it work for softball?

Yes. The lead-arm mechanics are the same.

Is this the same Power Punch sold in stores?

It is the original invention from the same inventor, rebuilt for 2026 with a faster fit, a cuff that stays put and a tagged unit record.